Five-letter words starting with B

There are 589 five-letter words that start with B in the ENABLE word list used by this site. That is about 6.8% of all five-letter words. The highest-scoring is boozy, worth 19 points in standard Scrabble tile values.

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All 589 five-letter words starting with B

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Highest-scoring five-letter words starting with B

  • boozy 19 points
  • braxy 17 points
  • baffy 16 points
  • baiza 16 points
  • baize 16 points
  • bazar 16 points
  • bazoo 16 points
  • bemix 16 points
  • bezel 16 points
  • bezil 16 points
  • biffy 16 points
  • bizes 16 points
  • blaze 16 points
  • blitz 16 points
  • bonze 16 points
  • booze 16 points
  • bortz 16 points
  • bozos 16 points
  • braza 16 points
  • braze 16 points
  • buffy 16 points
  • buxom 16 points
  • byway 16 points
  • boxed 15 points

Patterns in this list

The most common second letters are ba (106), bo (105), br (82), be (81), bu (77). 25 of these words contain three or more vowels, which can make them easier to spot when you are unscrambling.

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